Definition of Balance

Noun

• a scale for weighing
  depends on pull of gravity
  
• a wheel that regulates the rate of movement in a machine
  especially a wheel oscillating against the hairspring of a timepiece to regulate its beat
  - balance wheel
• a weight that balances another weight
  counterweight counterbalance counterpoise equalizer equaliser
• (mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation
  exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane
  symmetry symmetricalness correspondence
• the seventh sign of the zodiac
  the sun is in this sign from about September 23 to October 22
  libra - libra the balance - libra the scales
• (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Libra
  libra
• the difference between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account
  
• something left after other parts have been taken away
  "there was no remainder"
  "he threw away the rest"
  "he took what he wanted and I got the balance"
  remainder residual residue residuum rest
• equality of distribution
  equilibrium equipoise counterbalance
• harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design)
  "in all perfectly beautiful objects there is found the opposition of one part to another and a reciprocal balance"- John Ruskin
  proportion proportionality
• equality between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account
  
• a state of equilibrium
  

Verb

• be in equilibrium
  "He was balancing on one foot"
  
• hold or carry in equilibrium
  poise
• compute credits and debits of an account
  
• bring into balance or equilibrium
  "She has to balance work and her domestic duties"
  "balance the two weights"
  equilibrate - equilibrize - equilibrise

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